Workshop Programme (preliminary)

 

Mon 19 Mar

0900-0930

 

Registration

0930-1000

 

Welcome, introduction, logistics

 

chair: Ph. Jetzer

Session I: CMB and large-scale geometry

1000-1030

R. Durrer

Cosmic microwave background anisotropies: A theoretical overview

1030-1100

P. Astier

High-redshift supernovae

1100-1130

 

Coffee

1130-1215

R. Rebolo

Review of experimental status (ground and space)

1215-1400

 

Lunch

 

chair: R. Rebolo

(Session I cont.)

1400-1430

N. Straumann

Weak and strong lensing statistics

1430-1500

B. Guiderdoni

Galaxy counts and large-scale geometry

1500-1530

chair

Discussion Session I

1530-1600

 

Coffee

 

chair: G. A. Tammann

Session II: Large scale structure and clusters

1600-1630

C. Frenk

Theory of structure formation

1630-1700

J. Silk

Galaxy formation, WIMPs, and massive black holes

1800-

 

Welcome drink

Tue 20 Mar

 

chair: K. Pretzl

(Session II cont.)

0900-0930

H. Böhringer

X-ray observations

0930-1000

Y. Rephaeli

Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations and theory

1000-1030

Y. Mellier

Weak lensing

1030-1100

 

Coffee

1100-1130

D. Reimers

Observations of the diffuse baryonic component at high and intermediate redshifts

1130-1200

chair

Discussion Session II

 

chair: N. Straumann

Session III: Galaxies and components of galaxies

1200-1230

A. Milsztajn

Galactic haloes from microlensing

1230-1400

 

Lunch

1400-1430

B. Chaboyer

Globular cluster ages

1430-1500

Ph. Jetzer

Clouds and diffuse baryonic dark matter

1500-1530

R. Ibata*

Compact objects (white/brown dwarfs, neutron stars)

1530-1600

 

Coffee

1610-1630

O. Gerhard

Mass distribution in our Galaxy

1630-1700

chair

Discussion Session III

Wed 21 Mar

 

chair: H. Leutwyler

Session IV: Particle candidates for dark matter

0900-0930

M. Thoma

Quantum field theoretic description of matter in the Universe

0930-1000

G. Raffelt

Axions

1000-1030

E. W. Kolb

Ultraheavy relics

1030-1100

 

Coffee

1100-1130

J. Ellis

Supersymmetric relics

1130-1200

Ch. Wetterich

L, dark energy

1200-1230

chair

Discussion session IV

1230-1400

 

Lunch

1400-1830

 

Excursion to Gruyères

1830-

 

Workshop dinner at Restaurant Innere Enge

Thu 22 Mar

 

chair: J. Ellis

Session V: Solar system and laboratory

0900-0930

K. Pretzl

Direct WIMP detection

0930-1000

T. Kajita

Neutrino mass and oscillations

1000-1030

chair

Discussion session V

1030-1100

 

Coffee

1100-1230

 

Visit to the ORPHEUS Dark Matter Detector at the University

1230-1400

 

Lunch

 

chair: R. von Steiger

Session VI: Element abundances

1400-1430

H. Kurki-Suonio

Big Bang nucleosynthesis calculation

1430-1500

T. X. Thuan

Light nuclei observations: Helium

1500-1530

F. Thielemann

Heavy elements and age determinations

1530-1600

 

Coffee

1600-1630

P. Minkowski

Does dark matter contain quark matter and if so in what proportion?

1630-1700

chair

Discussion session VI

Fri 23 Mar

 

chair: J. Geiss

(shifted from Session V)

0900-0930

K. Olive

Indirect WIMP detection

 

 

Session VII: Conclusion

0930-1015

S. Schindler

W-matter

1015-1045

 

Coffee

1045-1130

H. Reeves

W-baryon

1130-1200

chair

General discussion

1200-1230

 

Conclusions, publication plans

1230

 

End of workshop

 

(* = to be confirmed)

updated 16-Mar-01